Ephemeral earth art9/12/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() It was painted when the artist was still living in China, during his mid-twenties, and is an example of his first explorations of gunpowder. It is, as the title suggests, a self-portrait of Cai's subjugated soul. The blurry feel and absence of detail denotes an ethereal presence rather than a real human. The work, almost two meters in height, portrays a dark human figure in an abstract, ochre, monochromatic aura - as if exploding out from the canvas. Only, Cai has evolved this idea of art making as event to an epic modern scale. ![]()
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